what got you into wakeskating?

Le Jalapeno · Guest

i've seen that some people on this site like sports, other like video games, some are bums, and apparently some like the mary J Laughing

....... soo i'm wondering what got you guys into wakeskating.

me, it was watching fuel TV one day, saw them doing it, so i decided to make my own wakeskate, came here for tips, and the rest is just history

Mr. Top Hat · Dead Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 5818

i was a twelve year old skate rat when one of my friends said "dude, man, theres this thing, its like skateboarding, but on water....." my interest was sparked and here i am.

jboss · Kickflip Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 3210 City: Chalmette

Pretty much everything you just said summed me up. I like sports and games, I'm a total bum, and I'm a spodi-odi enthusiast. I was watching a wakeboarding tournament (I think that's what strappers call em) and it showed the wakeskate portion of it and soon afterward I bought a K-39. End o' story.

beasoldierprstn · Posted: Oct 07, 2007 8:40 pm Post subject:

used to be a strapper, used to post on wakeboarder.com. Vance posted one of his videos on the site and i was instantly hooked.

ollieshuvitz · Posted: Oct 07, 2007 8:46 pm Post subject:

watching grubb and horrell skate on bluetorch TV.

Steven M · Posted: Oct 07, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject:

Seeing Grubb do a Jam session at one of the old boardstocks where my dad and I watched his stuff for him while he rode because the Pointless Posse took off and were nowhere to be found. He was cool to talk to and after watching him ride I knew I was done with wakeboarding.

nickl011 · Posted: Oct 07, 2007 8:52 pm Post subject:

Peer preasure..... Sad

ollieshuvitz · Posted: Oct 07, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject:

Steven M, we finally have something in common.

Le Jalapeno · Guest

Integ_TNT, lmao Smash

mc.willz · Posted: Oct 07, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject:

strapped for a bit, wasnt crazy about it then saw some obrien wakeskate at my marina, bought muskoka militia volume 2 saw ryan doyle then i rented a cassette from the muskoka store and then got a deck and just started riding that only

El Diablo · Posted: Oct 07, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject:

friend got one..
and he had a sweet MB
and it was like an old hyperlite scape
flat w/ foam..
and i got up on the first try!
i was HOOKED! Twisted Evil

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

in the words of george daniels "well like, i tried a wakeboard, but i didn't have no tricks"
Cool

http://youtube.com/watch?v=84IM5XdjTkg

ben we came to wakeskate · Pop Shuvit Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Posts: 190 City: nahunta

thomas horrell. he was the first person i ever seen wakeskate. and i was like man i didnt know that was a water skateboard. i thought it was a wakeboard with out bindings haha. and then he told me.
ben we came here to wakeskate not wakeboard and i have only did it like 4 times sense.

price.dan · Backside 180 Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 1404 City: Regina

watching my best friend rip on a wakeskate for the first time, then i was hooked for life

rhskates27 · Ollie Joined: 02 Aug 2007 Posts: 68 City: E-town

one of my highschool teachers was into wakeboarding and in his computer class we would make compilations of his bails and stuff....i wanted a wakeboard baddddd.....then i was lookin around the net and noticed that the wakeskate i was looking at was a lot cheaper than a wakeboard. also i had experience skateboarding so i figured i would catch on easily...so asked for the board for christmas and it was smooth sailin from then on Wink

labellethrasher · Posted: Oct 07, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject:

I was in Oklahoma at Lake Eufala visiting two great friends that I met out in Vail, CO. I showed these guys around the mountain their first year. They were a blast to hang out with. At night we would get blizzidy, snowskate and indo board but only we didn't use an indo board. it was an old cassette. so I felt like I had been wakeskating an entire winter. they said I had to come to their lake and do it up on the skate behind the tique. best trip I ever made. changed my life. anyway, They sold Nautiques for Thomas Marine, they also put on SPF if anyone knows of it. Anyway, got on the skate that trip and never wakeboarded again. seriously. asian J, he's the man. so wakeskating is what I wanted to do as much as I could, I decided to move back from the mountains, home to Wisconsin since we are the land of 15,000 lakes. boo yah Minnesota. anyway, if winchin would have been as solid in 02 as it is now, I may have never moved back. either way. glad to be back in Wisconsin, I love this place and you can skate eight months out of the year if you're not scared of losing fingers and toes. I really love wakeskating. everytime I go out I appreciate the time I have on the water and thank God for it all. there really is nothing I enjoy more and I look forward to days being like the ones I have had previous to this summer, no work and all play but for now, I am happy and grateful just to get my quickies. (members of the NCR know what I'm saying)

lake weir ocala FL · Backside 180 Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 1241 City: Ocala

i love skateboarding even though i fail miserably at it Smile

and water. skateboarding + water = wakeskating

labellethrasher, Nehmabin Crew Rules! Represent. We will be shredding together in a little less than a week if were still on for Friday.[/b]

girlvswater · Posted: Oct 07, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject:

i had a boyfriend who did it and i got thrown into the scene and now i really really like it. i even went to a city council meeting to make a speech in favor of the creation of a cable park.

bob. · Posted: Oct 07, 2007 10:37 pm Post subject:

i heard about wakeskating from danny hampson living in my neighborhood, i started strapping alot with my friends, one day we took out one of dannys wakeskates, i bought a wakeskate, then i was hooked Very Happy

mr. Blonde · Posted: Oct 07, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject:

truthfully.......I wakeboarded for a long time........then my dad actually bought me a 42' Liquid Force Anthem......at the time i didn't have a wakeboard of my own so I ended up spending all my time on the skate........after that I just couldnt stop